1.   Some lawmakers had suggested a special session should be called to consider the issue, but Gov. Rick Perry declined to call one.

2.   The hearing was called to consider legislation introduced this summer by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo.

3.   The hearing was called to consider the bill.

4.   The pace was expected to quicken Monday, when the Legislature resumes a special session called to consider nominating an alternate slate of electors.

5.   Baghdad blames Kuwait and Saudi Arabia for delaying the Arab League meeting called to consider the Iraq crisis and has repeatedly lashed out at their leaders.

6.   But meetings this week, called to consider the national budget, were likely to be much more contentious.

7.   The ministers spoke on the eve of an extraordinary OPEC meeting in Cairo called to consider a production proposal the group agreed to last month.

8.   A three-day special parliamentary session has been called to consider turning the proposals into law despite the fall of the government.